A Book of Migrations: Some Passages in Ireland - Couverture souple

Solnit, Rebecca

 
9781844677085: A Book of Migrations: Some Passages in Ireland

Synopsis

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations; carves a new route through Ireland's history, literature and landscape.

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À propos de l?auteur

Rebecca Solnit is author of, among other books, Wanderlust, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the NBCC award-winning River of Shadows and A Paradise Built In Hell. A contributing editor to Harper's, she writes regularly for the London Review of Books and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in San Francisco.

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